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  Agriculture in the global economy

  Bread for the World, 2003

  This report argues that if developing countries are to build their economic potential in agriculture, industrialized countries like the United States and European Union nations should live up to their free-trade rhetoric and work together to eliminate trade-distorting subsidies and tariffs.New research released in this report from IFPRI indicates that the elimination of subsides and protection
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  Terminator five years later

  Action Group on Erosion, Technology and Concentration formerly RAFI, 2003

  This edition of "Communique" looks at the current policy situation with relation to the development and use of 'Terminator' technology in GM seed varieties.
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  Biotechnology and biodiversity: key policy issues for South Africa

  Biowatch South Africa, 2000

  This paper from Biowatch describes some of the potential effects of genetic modification on biodiversity and the environment, within both the global and South African context. Background information about the nature and extent of the biotechnology industry is presently followed by a description of the potential risks and effects of biotechnology on biodiversity.
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  HIV/AIDS and food security in Africa

  Southern African Regional Poverty Network, 2003

  This paper from the Southern African Regional Poverty Network (SARPN) summarises existing evidence and experience concerning HIV and AIDS and food security in Africa.
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  Agriculture, economic growth and poverty reduction

  Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2002

  Does agriculture have a role to play in economic growth and poverty reduction? This paper considers the role of agriculture in Kenya.
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  HIV/AIDS, agriculture and food security in Malawi: background to action

  Regional Network on HIV/AIDS, Rural Livelihoods and Food Security, 2001

  The Malawi National HIV/AIDS Strategic Framework 2000-2004 calls for “an expanded, multi-sectoral national response to the epidemic.” However, this paper states that the capacity to respond to these calls lags behind. In many sectors, policy making still proceeds as if HIV/AIDS never happened.
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  Sustainable ICT case histories

  Department for International Development, UK, 2003

  This report offers 12 detailed case studies of activities that sought to benefit the poor and had an ICT component. The case studies show that ICTs can enhance development projects. The research has not conclusively proven that an ICT activity directed at increasing income for the poor can, on its own, generate cost recovery inclusive of set-up and replacement costs, i.e.
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  The impact of HIV/AIDS on the different farming sectors in Namibia

  Sustainable Development Department, FAO SD Dimensions, 2001

  This reports on issues related to the impact of HIV/AIDS on farming, both communal and commercial are reviewed. It begins with the impact of HIV/AIDS on the social structure in the farming communities and is followed by the impacts on labour and income, land ownership and the health and psychological well-being of affected households including school-age children in schools.
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  Meeting the HIV/AIDS challenge to food security: the role of labour saving technologies in farm-households

  HIV and Development Programme, UNDP, 2002

  This paper is based on the premise that one of the promising strategies for response from the agriculture sector to the impacts on labour is to identify the roles for labour saving technologies (LSTs) not only in mitigation, but also as part of prevention.
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  Targeting the rural poor: the role of education and training

  Sustainable Development Department, FAO SD Dimensions, 2002

  While there is at present no single solution to the alleviation of rural poverty, education and training are critical elements. Growth needs to be achieved with equity and rural dwellers need to have the capacity to be participants in the labour market and in society.

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